Jacob kbeischee



(No Model.)

J. KREISGHBR.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING GANDIBS.

Patented June 24, '1884.

JA cos KREISCHLR,

the city and county of new M JACOB KREISOHER, or ALBANY, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING (CANDIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N...- 3oo,e73, dated June 24, 1884. Application filed April in", 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB KREISOHER, of Albany, in the State-of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Cutting Candies, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for cutting candies from a sheet or mass while in a plastic condition; and it consists of a machine having a reciprocating eutting head provided with cutters composed of fine wires, which are heldin a tense condition, the said cutters being adapted to pass into corresponding grooves formed in a cutting-bloek or bedpiece, on which the candy is held in such manher that the separations will be effected by 'cleancuts through the cam].

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and to which refer- Figure l is a perspective view of my candy-cutting machine; Fig. 2, a vertical .section of same; Fig. 3, a plan view of the cutter -frame. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a plan view and side elevation of a cutting-block; and Fig. 6, an inverted plan view' of a cutter-frame containing cuttingwires arranged in different forms.

As represented in the drawings, A is the frame-work of the machine, the side pieces,

a, of which are provided with guides for giving direction to the reciprocatlng movements,

5 5 grooves terminate at their bottomsin enlarges l of the cross-head B. A crank-shaft, O, is journaled in the standards a of said framework, and is connected, by means of the pitman I), to the cross-head B in such manner that its crank 0 will impart a reciprocating motion to said cross-head. The cutter-frame E is attached to the under side of the crosshead B by means of bolts 6, which pass through slots b in said cross-head, so as to allow the cutter-framcto be adjusted in place. The said cutter-frame is provided with a series of cutters,e, which a re made of fine wire, and are held in a tense condition by means of straining-bolts e", as shown in Fig. I), or by straining-studs 6, (like those used in piano-l'ortes,) as shown in Fig. 6. The cutting-wires 0 may be arranged in rectangular lines, as shown in Fig. 3, in oblique lines, as shown in Fig. 6, or in any other manner to suit the taste or fancy.

The bed-piece F is provided with grooves f, which correspond to the arrangement of the cutting-wires cf vof the cutter frame. Said.

me'nt-s f which are preferably made in cylindrical form, and into which any dust. or minute particles from the candy which may be pushed into. the grooves f by the cutting} wires e will be" collected.- Any deposition of such dust or particles in the enlargements f may be removed therefrom by simply pushing a suitable r'od endwise through said enlargements. The bed-piece F is secured to the bottom plate of the frame-work A in'such position that its grooves f will coincide with the cutters e, and at such height that the cutters 0' will, at the lowest point of the stroke of the cross-head B, pass into the grooves f, soas to lie below the plane of the upper face of .the bed-piece. A hand-crank, G, is secured to the shaft (1 for the purpose ofimparting a rotatory motion to said shaft while operating the machine by hand; but, when preferred, pulleys or gearwheels may be substituted for said hand-crank when the machine is driven by motive power. While the crosshead B is at or near the highest point of its upward stroke, a sheet of candy of the proper consistency top of the bed-piece F. Then as the crosshead l3, and its attached cutter -frame E descends, the cutters 0 cut and 'separatethe sheet of candy into pieces that conform in shape is slipped inon that form said cutters. The candy-dust or fine particles, that are carried, by the action of the cutters 0, into the grooves f, will fall into the enlargements f, from whence they can be removed in the manner hereinbeforc described.

I claim as my invention 1. In a candy-cutting machine, the combination, with a reciprocating head, B,'having a cutter-frame, E, attached thereto, the latter being provided with cutters 0', made of fine wires held in a tense condition, as herein described, of a bed-piece, F, provided withv grooves f, which coincide with the cutters e", as herein set forth,

arranged-to operate substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

- 2. The bed-piece F for a candy-cuttingmachine, provided with grooves 1, having in their-lower parts the enlargements for the purpose herein specified.

JACOB KRETSQHER. Witnesses:

WM. H.LOW,

, MAX WOLFE.

all being constructed and f, as and 

